March 27, 2007

I enjoyed looking at this yummy fabric while I made it! You can find it here on Etsy. I've got a big show approaching next month and only three completed outfits made for it! I'm freaking out! I also need to keep my shop full on Etsy and take care of my family! Decisions, decisions, decisions! How do those of you out there balance your life, work and self? I knew how to balance when I made dolls, that was easy but making clothes as I am is way much harder than I thought! When it comes to decisions about which dress or smock or whatever works and looks best with each different fabric! I wish it would just come easier and faster than it is. I'll be making the tutus later as the date gets nearer since they'll be taking up lots of room in my studio....... I love these tutu's! I wish I had one as a girl!

Tonight I have baseball practice for my boy Kavin..... He's my middle child and is so much like his Mama! What a silly kid..... so much fun and is just the best kid! Here is one of my favorite pictures of him:

I'll be driving away the gnats and keeping Amelia out of the dirt while I'm there and feeling the stress of needing to be at the machine all the while. I will try my best to keep those thoughts from interfering with my few last moments with my boy being a boy. Much luck to the other Moms out there being pulled in ten different directions!

March 20, 2007

Today is my third wedding anniversary to Darren. I have to say that these have been the very best three years of my life. We have laughed and loved more than I ever possibly thought I could with another person. In these three short years we have moved twice, he's had four jobs in his ever climbing career, we've driven with three children to Ohio twice, we have experience births of babies and deaths of loved ones, and we have gained lots of weight........ with only one of us losing it, guess which one of us was able to do that! We have also made a beautiful and purely delightful little girl and enjoyed watching two very handsome & talented boys leave boyhood and begin their teenage years. This being said....... we have made a family.

To all this I am truly blessed! Today as a gift to my Sugar Pie, I am cleaning the doo out of our house, making tacos for supper and baking a yummy New York Cheesecake! Saturday we plan to take a trip to Cumberland Island which is off the coast of Saint Mary's Georgia. I'll be sure to post photos of the wild horses, beach, ruins, and maybe a shared smoochie or two! I love you Darren, thank you for being my center!

March 16, 2007

Pretend the cat is a Dr. Pepper........ and the dogs sitting still and watching her prance by is me.

Oh, Dr. Pepper...... I love you. Please appear in my fridge nice and cold and fizzy. Come to me my love........ oh how I love thee! I miss your pop and click when I open you! Why must you hurt me and make me fat? What have I ever done to you? Oh the torture of true sweet love! sigh....... I must dander up some willpower!

I'm a fatso boomba blatso! I feel sooooooooooo fat all of a sudden........... so I've decided to start back on the Somersize diet that I did years before and lost about 40 pounds. It's really not bad if you like real food...... I mean, real full fat sour cream, cheese, and vegetables. I'll just need some willpower when it comes to drinking soda or the damn Kool-Aid that Kavin keeps on making! Strawberry in a glass full of ice........... oh Sweet Kool Aid Man........ I'm going to look like you soon!

I'm going to scramble up a couple of eggs and try to enjoy it. It's not that bad if I can get through the first couple of days without SUGAR! I'm gonna need a Lotta help this week. I can do it, right? God, I hope so! Ya'll have a great Friday weigh in........ I'll be sending you lots of willpower vibes through the computer! Stay strong my sistas!

March 15, 2007

Happy Thursday to everyone! I haven't been able to post in a while due to baseball, school, sewing and the sort. I went to Jacksonville today and visited JoAnn's and The Olde Green Cupboard and stocked up on supplies. I need to get a good sized amount of Tutu's, pillowcase halter dress sets and smocks ready to go to Mississippi by next week. I of course only have 3 outfits cut out and ....... well, that's it! I've tried to get Ebay and Etsy stocked up too but Geez Louise, it just doesn't seem to go as quickly as I'd like!

I made Amelia an outfit to wear out today ........... couldn't help myself. She's suddenly taken to kitty cats and thought she would enjoy this fabric. I certainly couldn't lose her in a store wearing these colors now could I? Notice she is one of those tempermental models and refused to cooperate even though her Mommy was getting frazzled!

She has definitely turned into a two year old! She proved that in JoAnn's and The Green Cupboard...... "NO" is her favorite word. I've tried to explain to her that she lives in the South and we don't say No here, it's "No Maam" and "No thank" you to everything. She won't listen...... maybe I should stop explaining and start sticking her in the corner like I did with her two very polite older brothers. I would make them stand there with their noses in the corner until they could be nice boys. One day I put Coley in the corner for some reason or another......... started the dishes and forgot about him! I felt sooo bad and said to him he could come out now and he told me this: "I'm not ready yet". Wow, I never thought about it until then, but I was teaching him self control. I am proud to say that they haven't thrown fits in stores or at home and I think this had something to do with it. Now it's Amelia Claire's turn. HMmmmm....... now to clear out a corner!

Here is a picture of her in a Tutu like I'm sending off to Mississippi. So easy to make and fun for little girls! Have a great Thursday everyone. I'll be back with my weigh in for Friday! Bluck!

March 06, 2007

I don't have very much time to write tonight but thought I would share with you the another bag that I made today....... It's a biggun!

I had to put the ole white chair on the syrup boiler just to keep it from skimming the ground! I think I'm making the other one for me to keep to use for the beach. It's big enough to hold all of my magazines, Dr. Pepper, flip flops, hat, sunscreen, cheetos, sunglasses, towels, keys, phone and all of the other things that don't let me relax while laying in the sand!

I'm lucky enough to live about 45 minutes away from the beach. We always go to Fort Clinch which is in Fernandina Florida...... it's usually quiet and not packed. Not too many skinny, tanned & fake boobed girls running around either..... which is what I like of course! We didn't go very much last year for some reason, perhaps it was the heat or the baby. This year though, we've decided to head there every chance we get! I was born and partially raised in Hawaii and miss it like you wouldn't believe........ the beach brings back so many memories for me. I do have to say that no beach I've ever been on since Waikiki smells as sweetly or looks as beautiful. Maybe that explains my addiction to Magnum P.I..... Amelia calls him "Nummy Num" and I must agree, he is!

Here's a picture of my Magnum and his super babe.....

Tomorrow I'll be sewing again. I'm finishing up on an order from a friend for a halter dress set........ it's going to be very girly and sweet. Have a great night and happy sewing to all! Judi

March 05, 2007

Today I had a blast making a couple of new bags. I was lucky enough to come across some really cool vintage linens last Saturday....... two in particular were screaming ...... "Large Market Tote Bag". So I listened and here is what I came up with:

I call it the "Carry Around"........ only because it's big enough to be able to carry around just about anything you want! I haven't seen too many tablecloths of this age without spots, stains or a hole of some type.... these kept their colors really well which makes them even more exciting to me! Yes, this is exciting..... I have no life remember?

Anyhoo........ I have another tablecloth that I just cut to make another for tomorrow. This one has great colors also except these are way more muted. It has large yellow flowers with some sage green leaves. I can't wait to get my hands on it. (Lets just hope those who visit it on Etsy like it too!).

Here is the other I made. This one is from a vintage quilt. I don't like this one as much but I know there are those who do: Here it is: right here.

I'll be working on an order I got from a friend from Church on Sunday for two of these:

I love making these for Amelia Claire. The back is open like a halter and ties with more ribbon. Add those bloomers and it's just too cute. I've already picked out which fabrics to use and can't wait to get going on them too! I guess I'll be busy the next few days.......... I've been trying to stay that way to keep from eating everything in sight. Tonight was our Fat Lady meeting at my house. Every month we're "supposed" to decide on 3 small changes to incorporate into our days until they become habit. It's a great concept and actually works. This month I'm NOT going to lick the spoon or keep tasting supper as it cooks. I think I eat an entire meal while cooking. Then, I'm going to get up and get dressed, do my hair and makeup before anything else......... including checking my email. Then, the third change is going to be to pull Amelia around in her ultra cool wagon her Daddy built her last Christmas. We did this today and was so much fun. She hollered "Yee-Ha" the whole time!

Anyhoo...... Ya'll have a great night. Go check out these things I've seen this week and love:

March 04, 2007

I thought I might like to share a bit of my crafting past with you. For years I've designed and made primitive dolls. There was a time in my life where this was what kept my power on and my kids fed. I hold that time very close to my heart and feel much pride in the thought that I was able to count on myself and my creative side to take care of my boys. This was during the time of my divorce from their Dad. I can say now with complete confidence that it was the best and worst time of my life. I spent alot of time at home...... alone, (while my boys were at school),......... among my many doodles of ideas scattered about in my studio. I think it kept my mind busy while my heart healed. I came out of that time with so much more confidence in myself than I ever thought possible. I was also able to walk through my life with my head held up high with my character intact. I'm quite proud of that!

I was seperated from my ex husband for two years before filing for divorce. Then I waited over six months after my divorce was final to go out on a date. So scarey I tell you! But, I sucked in my two ten pound baby gut, put on my best bra and smiled like crazy. Needless to say, I found my now Angel of a husband right at one year after my divorce was final. The good sweet Lord smiled on me that day. I truly believe this. He is everything I told myself I needed and also....... wanted. How strange to be with someone who truly, truly......... adored me. Not only me but my boys too! A real man, something I had never ever known before.

I have no idea how I ended up talking about my husband from just wanting to tell you a bit about my first crafting love. I'm a dork I guess. No, I'm a loved dork.

Above are some of the doll patterns I've sold. My pattern company was called Plumtickled........ duh. My favorites are Annies and black dolls. They are just the sweetest little hearts......... I always painted, sanded and then added some antiquing goopy stuff the Plumtickled way at the end. I've got a couple of patterns I made since selling my patterns last year that I'll try to put somewhere on my blog if ya'll would like to try them. Here is one below:

She is my "Cookie Baking Mammy"........ look at that face! Now, could you resist a cookie from a sweet lady like this? I couldn't. Anyhoo......... if you would like a copy of this pattern I have it as a pdf file if you would like to email me.........I'll send it out to ya........FREE! Have a great night ya'll and listen. If you're reading this and have gone through or are going through a divorce remember this. Don't let someone who hurt you, keep you from getting something everyone dreams of. You'll find trust again, but you must think with your mind ............. not with only your heart! Judi

March 03, 2007

Okay, I wasn't able to log in yesterday with my weight crud but I have a second now. I weigh one hundred and blankety five pounds. That's one pound gone. My fat lady group meets Monday night and I'm hoping to have a better weigh in then! March on Futures...... march on!

March 02, 2007

I finally have my Etsy shop up and running! Phew........ I forgot how much time goes into setting things up like this. Anyhoo, all I have listed right now are some smocks........ that I really like by the way.......... but will have some purses made from old pillowcases up tomorrow sometime. Then, this weekend I'll upload the baby quilts I've made too.

I'm doing my best to get an image to upload on my sidebar for you to click on ........ but for the life of me, it's not going up! I've tried like a thousand times to get it to show up...... but alas, me gives up!

Click here to go see my Etsy shop! I'm so glad to be selling my wares here instead of Ebay. I have loved Ebay for years and it has done me so good but lately it's bugged me so badly. You can't find good deals on there anymore and it's all so commercial. Etsy is so homey and full of so many talented artists that hold their creations so closely to their hearts. It's great fun to see what's new on there! Anyhoo....... thanks for checking it all out!

Oh, before I forget...... go see all of the cool aprons on Angry Chicken's Flickr set showing all of them off! So much fun! Have a great night........ Judi